Mangle or quetch



C. UGNON ET AL MANGLE 0R QUETCH Apr. 24, 1923. 1,452,715

Filed June 14, 1921 WIT/V588 I INVENTORS Chauaius non Patented Apr. 24, 1923. i

. PATEN CLAUDIUS UGNON, JERRY G-ALOPPA,AND CHARLES SALIOARINI, OF PATERSON', NEW JERSEY, ASSIG'NORS '10 BIVER$IDE'ENGINEERING CO. INC., OF PATERSON, NE JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. I r

MANGLE OR QUETGH.

Application filed June 14, 1921. Serial 110,477,423.

Z 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CLAUDIUs UGNON, JERRY GALOPPA, and CHARLEs SALDARINI, a citizen of the Republic of France, a citizen of the United States and a subject of the King of Italy, respectively, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic' and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mangles or Quetches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines, known as mangles or quetches, in which fabrics are treated with liquid substances, as size, by passing the fabric between rollers one of whichrotates partly submerged in a bath of or otherwise is made to receive the liquid. Where there are only. two rollers the fabric takes up too much of the liquid, and where, as is usually thecase, there are three rollers, the lower-one taking the" liquid from the bath-and. delivering it to the intermediate-roller and the latter delivering it to the fabric squeezed between it and the top roller the fabric takes up too little of the liquid.

Ourobject is to provide a mangle or quetchi i so constructed that the fabric can be made to take up just the right quantity of liquid, this, beingmade possible partially by providing but two main rollers, between-which the fabric is squeezed. and one of which conveys the; liquid to the fabric, andin addition a rolling squeegee or squeegee roller which bears on this liquid-conveying roller and. so limits the-amount of liquid to be carried by the latter roller to the fabric; in theprer ferred construction the squeegee roller is carried by .a lever having means to adjust thepressure of said roller on the liquid-conveying roller and so vary at the will of theop eratorthe amount of liquid allowed to pass tov the fabric. A further object isto provide simple and eflicient and easily operated means. for moving one of the main rollers toward and from the other, whereby the rollers. may bemade to occupy the open relation-so asto admit the fabric and also avoid their standing in..a condition ofniutual pressure when the machine is.idle-, the mutually ,contactingrelation, desirable in preliminarily. adjusting the fabric between them, and thepressure relation... A still further obj'ect'is to provide for th'e withdrawal of the squeegee roller from the liquid-carry ing roller when the two main rollers are in the open relation,

The drawingshows a side'elevation of the improved machine. V

t In the frame a, is journaled a horizontal driveshaft b which, through suitable gear ing, drives a vertical shaft 0, said gearing in the present case being variable speed-gearing and including a face plate at on shaft 6 and a friction wheel 6 'splined on and hence shiftable longitudinally of shaft 0 and radially of the face plate; f designates a wellknown mechanism for so shifting the. friction wheel, Shaft c is connected by caring g with ahorizontalshaft h journale in the frame. j

. Journaled in the frame is a horizontal shafti on" which is fixed a roller which dips in a bath of the liquid of treatment contained in 'a receptacle. k; shaft'z' has fixedthereon a gear Zwhich-meshes with a gear m, fixed on shaft h. .Thus when shaft 0 is drivenroller j will be rotated, the direction of rotation being indicated by the arrow.

In the frame, on an axis a parallel with shaftdis fulcrumed a lever 0 which extends over the-roller j. Also the frame and on anaxis ;0 below and parallel with axis a is fulcrumed a lever g.. In the leverois journaled, on a horizontal axis'r, a roller 8 arranged vertically above the roller j, and adapted to .beargdown upon the. fabric A interposedbetweenthem. In thelever g is journaled the squeegee roller 6 which bears againstthe roller 7' betweenthe point at whichit receives liquid from the receptacle hand the linenof pressure between rollers y'van'cl 8 and at such aposition that the liquid taken upon the periphery ofroller j will reach the squeegee roller before it reaches the fabric. (It will be understood that there arein fact two levers 0 and two levers 9, one at each side of the machine, so that both ends ofthe rollers s and't are supported), On the lever. g and adjustable thereon toward and from its fulcrum is 'a suitable weight support a .carryinga weight or weights o. On shifting the weight support toward and from the I it is possible to supply to the fabric precisely that amount of liquid whi ch under thetacuinstances it requires, and never more nor a less.

It will be understood that the fabric to be treated is made to pass between the rollers is in any well known way, as by being delivered from asupply' beam B; andwou'nd on a take-upbeam C, which latter is driven by any suitable means (not shown). i 'In these machines it is necessary to provide means for spacing the rollers'js in order to enter the fabricbetween them and for exerting pressure on'one towardthe other'so that while rotating the fabric will be squeez edfor pressedbetween them, it'is al'sodesirable that "this means should be of sudh a character that, where the'roller which is movable tow'arda'nd from the other is above the'lat ter as'in the'present case, said meansmay assume a position "where the weight of the levers and other parts is alone effectiveto exert pressure on the fabric, as when the i011: ers are being rotated for the purpose sientering therabric between them preliminarily We have devised the following improved means for these purposes.

Onan axis to at their'ont of the machine is fulcrume'd 'a weighted leveraz projecting under it. This'lever' has pivotally connected to it a link 1 in the upper end oi which a shaft 2 is journaled; This shaftforins'the fulcrum of a "lever includingthe shaft a short lever arm 3 anda"lon*gi leverarni 4 which forms an operating handle,'the"lever arms 3 and 4 beingfixed on the shaft. "There is a link connecting the end oflever 3 the lever 03 'This link includes three parts, an upper part5 pivoted to 'leveno, a lower part 6 having its lowerend bent rearwardly and backto'l'eve'r ariii 3and"a"turnbuckle 7 threaded onto the ends of parts 5 and ii affording means to vary the length of the link, Another link 8 pivotallyconnects the shaft 2 with a part of the frame. (Itmaybe remarked tliat the following parts are'du: plicated there being one at each side of the machine, to wit a 3, 5, 6,7, and 's) The means L y I v when the latter is moved to the fullline position, whereby to act through" link 5*67 to lift lever a and hence elevate'roL' ler 8 clear of rollerj, saidmeans then having its downward movementlimited a stop 9'; Said means on the other hand acts as a" toexert the desired pressure onroller "5 toward roller j, when, lever42-'3 having been moved to the position indicated byfthe" dotted outline of arm i, said-lever islrnoved 8 affords a purchase for lever downward from that position, the said lever then having a purchase on the lower end of link5''-67 and acting to raise said means.

In" the intermediate position'of the leverwhere 4 is shown dotted the said means has come to rest at w and roller 8 rests on roller j subject to the action of gravity on only itself and the parts connecting it with 3, In short, between the pressure exerting means (normally moved in a direction away from the roller but having its movement in that directionliniited) and the roller 8 there is a power-transniitting train including a lever (4-2 3) and separate connections respectively connecting different points of the lever with the roller 3 and said means, these connections being'in the 'present'ca's'ethe links 5 -6 7 "Ateach extreme limit of its motion the axis of pivotal" connection between link 5''6-7 and 3 passes a s-traight'line connect ing the axis of 2 and the axisof pivotal connection between 56'7 and 0 (the lever and said link forming, therefore, a toggle connection between lever o a nd the means orloafclx"y8) and so the entire systeni of parts will beconie'locked at 'eithe'r ex trenie of movement so that it cannot' 'return without turning back lever The rollers jand s, and particularly the former, are usually surfaced was some relatively 'so 'ft mate'rialfa's rubber. When 'the machine is not in iiseit is" therefore desir able 'toseparate the rollers." To accomplish this asbetween the rollers andfthe're "is provideda link 10 which is pivote'dio one of theselevers "and has a longitudinalslot ll receivingapin 12 on the other; the slot allowing slight pressure movement of lever 0" after both rollers have contacted with roller "Having thus fully described our inventioniwhat we claim as new and desire to s'ciirebyLetters Patent i *1." A machind'for treating fabrics with liquid including, in combination, support ing structure, three members two of "which are coacting, fabric-pressing rolling mam; hers and, the third ofwhich i' s"asqueege niember which bears against one of thefirst two "members, and means 'to 'supply the liquidof treatment-to the periphery or one of'thefirst two members, said structurehaving nieans'to separate the first two in einbers and at the sametinie the squeegee member and the meirib'er againstwhich it'bearsf 2. A machine for treating 'fabrics' 'with liquid including, in combinatioiif a two coacting fabric-pressing rollers, dag j ournale'd the 'fr'ame the other being movabletoward and from nieans'to supply the liquid" of tre a-t' rnent ib said first roller, squ'e eemovaiblei"intd out of contactwiththe firsfi ro ller, and means, atl'ordiiig support 'for' saifd other roller and the squeegee, movable to shift them both away from the firstroller at the same time.

sure including, in combination, a frame,

two coacting fabric-pressing rollers, one

- ranged, said means being normally moved journaled in the frame and the other being movable toward and from the firstroller, a pressure exerting means between which and the movable roller the first roller is arin a direction away from said rollers but having its movement in that direction limited, and a power-transmitting train connecting the movable roller and said means and including a lever and separate connections respectively connecting different points of said lever with the and said means.

movable roller 4:. Amachinefor treating fabrics by pressure including, in combination, a frame, I r two ooactlng fabric-press ng rollers, one 3. A machlne for treating fabrics by pres-' journaled in the frame and the other being arranged above and movable toward and from the first roller, a gravity-depressed rollerhaving its downward movement limpressure exerting means below the first ited, and a power-transmitting train con- V mating the movable roller and said means and including a lever and separate connectrons respectively connecting different po nts of said lever with the movable roller and said means.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

. CLAUDIUS UGN ON. JERRY GALOPPA. CHARLES SALDARINI. 

